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Why shrinking populations should choose farming - EurekAlert


What is the social impact of longer life expectancies, low birth rates and an aging society? How will the industrial structure change, and what sort of policy responses do we need? Professor KINUGASA Tomoko is using macroeconomic methods to investigate these pressing issues faced by Japan and other countries across the world. Using analysis methods such as the overlapping generations model and data-based empirical research, her work provides valuable policy advice for rejuvenating agriculture in the face of a shrinking population.

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